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RFC 1771 - 6.7 Cease.

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### 6.7 Cease.

In absence of any fatal errors (that are indicated in this section), a BGP peer may choose at any given time to close its BGP connection by sending the NOTIFICATION message with Error Code Cease. However, the Cease NOTIFICATION message must not be used when a fatal error indicated by this section does exist.

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RFC 1771 - 6.7 Cease.